Programmes

A programme of virtuoso music that traces the development of the Italian national style, from the highly melismatic early 17th-century Stylus Fantasticus to the lyricism of later 18th-century works.

'Academy of the passions' is a programme that brings together some of the composers who inspired the famous Academias that nurtured the greatest thinkers and musicians of the 17th and 18th century around Europe. The focus of the programme is in the rhetorical idea of moving the passions, the soul and elevating the human spirit through music and its expressive devices. Not to be missed! Music by Vivaldi, Bach and others.

A programme exploring the contrast between the highly contrapunctual 'Old Style' of composition and the new 'Age of Enlightenment' music in Germany, featuring masterworks by J.S. Bach, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach, Kirnberger and their contemporaries.

A musical feast focusing on the quarrelling between Italians and French at the court of Louis XV, featuring guest award-winning soprano Elodie Kimmel. Music by Campra, Handel, Vivaldi, Monteclair, Telemman and Pepusch amongst others.

Instrumental music published in London by John Walsh and its counterpart in Germany, drawing a parallel between domestic music making in England and Germany at the time. Works by Handel and the Italian composers Corelli and his pupil Geminiani. The programme includes works such as the Opus 5 violin sonatas by Corelli that were specifically arranged and published for the recorder playing public by Walsh, and Geminiani's cello sonatas.

A fascinating insight into how music was perceived in the 17th and 18th centuries, exploring the mystical connotations proposed by musicians and theorists relating music composition and performance with astronomy, philosophy and faith.

Spirituoso present integral works for flute, recorder and cello in distinct programmes focusing on the works by Bach, Handel, Telemann and Geminiani. If desired, these programmes may be presented as illustrative lecture-demonstrations or in conjunction with workshops, focusing on specific styles, techniques and interpretative approaches.

A programme exploring the secret that united the three great German Baroque composers. Spirituoso delves into the minds and creative processes of Handel, Bach and Telemann, showing how their passion for music withstood and flourished despite the constraints that held them back in the beginning.